UNique Refinery Approach to Valorise European Lignocellulosics

Project Information

UNRAVEL

Grant agreement ID: 792004

DOI 10.3030/792004

Project closed

EC signature date 4 May 2018

Start date 1 June 2018

End date 31 May 2022

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 3 717 295,75

EU contribution € 3 603 545,00

Coordinated by

NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Netherlands

Deliverables

Documents, reports (10)

Extractives composition of each feedstock

Celignis will determine quantitative profiles of the extractive compounds present in the samples’ extracts.

1st stakeholder engagement events and results’ evaluation report

TNO and EURIDA will jointly initiate and organise proven stakeholder formats that will be tailored to UNRAVEL’s needs. This report provides information about 1st stakeholder engagement events and a interim results’ evaluation report.

Rapid analysis models for lab-scale processing

Development of rapid analysis models for process intermediates/outputs.

Social and SWOT assessment

To cover all important aspects of sustainability which are not related to environment and economy an analysis will be performed which includes social aspects as well as technologicalpotential analyses

Integrated assessment

In the integrated sustainability assessment the results from Tasks 62 to 65 are taken into account in order to identify and depict the most sustainable pathways among the value chains compared to the benchmark system

Policy brief and strategy papers with recommendations for policy making

Knowledge and data generated by UNRAVEL will be evaluated for its policyrelevance Relevant knowledge will be provided to policy makers via policy briefs and strategy papers

Blueprint for integration of sensors in pilot plant

Report on how sensors can be integrated within a proposed integrated biorefinery and the implications on process control and efficiencies.

Environmental assessment

The environmental impacts associated with the UNRAVEL value chains in comparison to their benchmark systems will be evaluated

2nd stakeholder engagement events and results' evaluation report (incl. training activities)

TNO and EURIDA will jointly initiate and organise proven stakeholder formats that will be tailored to UNRAVELs needs This report provides information about 2nd stakeholder engagement events and a finale results evaluation report incl training activities

Lignocellulosic compositional profile of each feedstock

A thorough analysis of relevant compositional parameters of the samples will be undertaken.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project online presence

EURIDA will design an initial project website which mainly aims to inform about the project, its aims, intended outcomes and outputs and the consortium.

Other (1)

Knowledge and data repository provided to EU knowledge and stakeholder platforms

Newly generated knowledge within UNRAVEL will be evaluated for its potential to be shared with the relevant EU knowledge and stakeholder platforms Wellchosen knowledge not IP protected will be provided to the relevant EU platforms

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Mild and controlled lignin methylation with trimethyl phosphate: towards a precise control of lignin functionality

Author(s): Antoine Duval, Luc Avérous
Published in: Green Chemistry, Issue 22/5, 2020, Page(s) 1671-1680, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9gc03890f

Characterisation of Italian and Dutch forestry and agricultural residues for the applicability in the bio-based sector

Author(s): Italo Pisanó, Lalitha Gottumukkala, Daniel J. Hayes, James J. Leahy
Published in: Industrial Crops and Products, Issue 171, 2021, Page(s) 113857, ISSN 0926-6690
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.113857

Isolation of Low Dispersity Fractions of Acetone Organosolv Lignins to Understand their Reactivity: Towards Aromatic Building Blocks for Polymers Synthesis

Author(s): Duval, Antoine; Layrac, Géraldine; van Zomeren, André; Smit, Arjan T.; Pollet, Eric; Avérous, Luc
Published in: ChemSusChem, Issue 14, 2021, Page(s) 387-397, ISSN 1864-5631
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001976

Scalable single-step synthesis of lignin-based liquid polyols with ethylene carbonate for polyurethane foams

Author(s): Duval, Antoine; Vidal, D.; Sarbu, A.; René, W.; Avérous, L.
Published in: Scalable single-step synthesis of lignin-based liquid polyols with ethylene carbonate for polyurethane foams, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN 2468-5194
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.100793

Biomass Pre-Extraction as a Versatile Strategy to Improve Biorefinery Feedstock Flexibility, Sugar Yields, and Lignin Purity

Author(s): Arjan T. Smit; André van Zomeren; Karla Dussan; Luke A. Riddell; Wouter J. J. Huijgen; Jan Wilco Dijkstra; Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx
Published in: Biomass Pre-Extraction as a Versatile Strategy to Improve Biorefinery Feedstock Flexibility, Sugar Yields, and Lignin Purity, Issue 21680485, 2022, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00838

Laboratory- to Pilot-Scale Fractionation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using an Acetone Organosolv Process

Author(s): Arjan T. Smit; Marlen Verges; Peter Schulze; André van Zomeren; Heike Lorenz
Published in: Laboratory- to Pilot-Scale Fractionation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using an Acetone Organosolv Process, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 10503–10513, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c01425